Safiye Sultan (mother of Mehmed III)
Safiye Sultan was the Haseki Sultan of Ottoman Sultan Murad III[1]and Valide Sultan as the mother of Mehmed III.[2][3] She was born in Dukagjin Highlands.[4] She was from Albanian descent.[4] She was born in c. 1550.[3] She was death in 1619.[a]
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ Leslie Peirce points out in her book that Safiye Sultan was still alive during the first months of her daughter-in-law's retirement in the Old Palace between Mustafa I's two reigns, which means that she was alive at least until 1619.[5]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Peirce 1993, p. 95.
- ↑ "Saints, scholars and queens: The women who helped forge Islam". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "SAFİYE SULTAN". TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Peirce 1993, p. 94: "Murad's favorite was Safiye, a concubine said to be of Albanian origin from the village of Rezi in the Ducagini mountains."
- ↑ Peirce 1993, p. 127.